In this course, we'll be going through the graded poetry reader Erictho: Tartarorum Terror, authored by Victor Kaplun and Jessica McCormack and released in December of last year. The course will be taught via guided reading and engaging discussion of the text's linguistic, cultural and historical aspects in order to develop the participants' active use of the language. As the course and the reader are designed to accommodate students first foraying into hexameter poetry, there will be a deep dive into Latin phonology and metrics - naturally, all done in Latin.
The course is suitable both to students who can read and discuss the beginning chapters of LLPSI: Roma Aeterna or Ad Alpes, as well as those more advanced in their studies.
About our book:
Erictho is perhaps the most fearsome witch of antiquity. She’s so unholy that she cannot enter into places of human habitation but must dwell in defiled and emptied tombs in remote cemeteries. Her breath itself is poisonous and magical. She can create zombies that can see the future. She can open fissures in the Earth to yell down into the Underworld!
Erictho is featured in book VI of Lucan’s De Bello Civili aka Pharsalia, an epic poem about the conflict between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. Our reader consists of selected lines from this poem that are rephrased in two different levels of Latin prose, furnished with illustrations and a detailed Latin-to-Latin glossary.
Course participants with access to Amazon’s on-demand printing shipments will receive a free copy of the book.
Erictho, Tartarorum Terror: A Witchy Latin Reader
Type: Speaking and Reading | Level: Intermediate
Language of instruction: Latin
Class size cap: 8 | Platform: Zoom
Dates: January 17, 2026 - March 21, 2026
Meets (EST*): Saturdays, 3:00 PM | 10 sessions (1h 30m each)
Materials: The instructor will provide required materials.
Sessions will be recorded and made available to enrolled participants for review or in case they missed a session.
Zoom
Decent internet connection
Earphones
Microphone
Webcam (preferred but optional)
A quiet space for classes
*The course will observe US time and thus will change according to daylight saving time.
Major US federal holidays are observed. If a participant misses a session due to their observance of a religious holiday, they can arrange a separate session with the instructor.
Education should be accessible. Choose the tier that fits your situation — no proof required, no shame included.
Supported — USD 250 total ($ 25/session)
for students, caretakers, or anyone stretched right now.
Standard — USD 350 total ($ /35session)
full-value rate; covers the cost of small-group instruction.
Sustainer — USD 440 total (Standard Tier total + 25%)
full-value rate & your contribution to our LAC scholarship fund. Thank you!
In this course, we'll be going through the graded poetry reader Erictho: Tartarorum Terror, authored by Victor Kaplun and Jessica McCormack and released in December of last year. The course will be taught via guided reading and engaging discussion of the text's linguistic, cultural and historical aspects in order to develop the participants' active use of the language. As the course and the reader are designed to accommodate students first foraying into hexameter poetry, there will be a deep dive into Latin phonology and metrics - naturally, all done in Latin.
The course is suitable both to students who can read and discuss the beginning chapters of LLPSI: Roma Aeterna or Ad Alpes, as well as those more advanced in their studies.
About our book:
Erictho is perhaps the most fearsome witch of antiquity. She’s so unholy that she cannot enter into places of human habitation but must dwell in defiled and emptied tombs in remote cemeteries. Her breath itself is poisonous and magical. She can create zombies that can see the future. She can open fissures in the Earth to yell down into the Underworld!
Erictho is featured in book VI of Lucan’s De Bello Civili aka Pharsalia, an epic poem about the conflict between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. Our reader consists of selected lines from this poem that are rephrased in two different levels of Latin prose, furnished with illustrations and a detailed Latin-to-Latin glossary.
Course participants with access to Amazon’s on-demand printing shipments will receive a free copy of the book.
Erictho, Tartarorum Terror: A Witchy Latin Reader
Type: Speaking and Reading | Level: Intermediate
Language of instruction: Latin
Class size cap: 8 | Platform: Zoom
Dates: January 17, 2026 - March 21, 2026
Meets (EST*): Saturdays, 3:00 PM | 10 sessions (1h 30m each)
Materials: The instructor will provide required materials.
Sessions will be recorded and made available to enrolled participants for review or in case they missed a session.
Zoom
Decent internet connection
Earphones
Microphone
Webcam (preferred but optional)
A quiet space for classes
*The course will observe US time and thus will change according to daylight saving time.
Major US federal holidays are observed. If a participant misses a session due to their observance of a religious holiday, they can arrange a separate session with the instructor.
Education should be accessible. Choose the tier that fits your situation — no proof required, no shame included.
Supported — USD 250 total ($ 25/session)
for students, caretakers, or anyone stretched right now.
Standard — USD 350 total ($ /35session)
full-value rate; covers the cost of small-group instruction.
Sustainer — USD 440 total (Standard Tier total + 25%)
full-value rate & your contribution to our LAC scholarship fund. Thank you!
NOTA BENE: Classes require a minimum number of participants to run although they may run with fewer participants, at the instructor’s discretion.
More than a week before the start of the course: 100% refund or credit
Less than a week before the first class up until the second class: credit
